Railway-jack



(No Model.)

I. S-HONDY, Jr. & D. W. SHONDY.

RAILWAY JACK.

No. 262,839. Patented Aug. 15, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

ISRAEL SHONDY, JR, AND DANIEL W. SHONDY, OF PAW PAW GROVE, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,839, dated August 15, 1882,

Application filed June 17,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ISRAEL SHoNnY, J r., and DANIEL W. SHoNDY, of Paw Paw Grove, in the county of Lee and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Jacks; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact dedescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of our improved railroad-track jack. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereofwith the modified form of the same removed. Figs. 3 and 4. are enlarged detail views of the windlass handle or crank and the combined pulley-block and dog, respectively. Fig. 5 is a detailed side view, and Fig. 6 is a similar inverted view, of the modification.

This invention has relation to improvements in jacks adapted especially for usein ballastin g railroad-tracks and it consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

1n carrying out our invention we construct an upright frame, A, provided with handled side bars, a a, for its convenient removal, and further utilized, as presently seen. Hung in the side bars, a, one arranged upon each side of a central point thereof, are two rolls or cylinders, B, having cranks or handles 1) upon opposite ends or opposite sides of the frame A for convenience of operation. Upon these cylinders or rolls B are ratchets b, arranged'outside of the side bars, a. To each of these rolls is fastened a rope or chain, 0, passed over pulleys c, hung in the upper end of the frame A. This arrangement of pulleys is duplicated at each end of the frame. The rope is next passed over pulleys in pulley-block D, and adapted to be attached to the block and to a dog upon said block.

d is the dog, fulcrumed upon the axis of the pulleys of the block D, and having its toothed end capable of co-operating with a toothed projection or bar, 11, of the pulley-block. It will be observed that when the rope or chain is drawn tightly it will draw upon the dog and cause it to close against the tooth d of the pulley-block D, providing a means for graspin g the rail of the track to be elevated.

E is a shaft hung in the sidebars, a, of the frame A, and having a handle, E, to permit its operation.

F F are pawls arranged or hung upon opposite sides of the frame-bars a, and adapted to engage one with the ratchet of one roll or cylinder and the other with the ratchet of the other roll or cylinder by gravity. These pawls are connected by cords or chains 6 to opposite ends of the handled shaft E to enable, at the same or one operation, the taking the pawls F F off the ratchets of the cylinders or rolls when it is desired to lower the elevated or suspended track or weight.

It will be observed that the handles 1) are not fast upon the cylinders B, and have slots f and teeth f. The latter enable the handles to be connected with the ratchets of the cylinders to effect the operation of the cylinders. The former permit the disengagement of the handles from the said ratchets to enable them to hang loosely upon the shafts of the cylinders and prevent them from flying around and striking any one as'the rope or chain is uncoiled in lowering the weight or track.

This device can be used to raise from one to three tracks, when fastened to the same ties, at one operation by multiplying the pulleyblocks for each additional track. It may therefore form a single or double jack, as we would term it, according to the number of pulleys used.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 the device is adapted to operate vertically, or in an opposite manner to that in which it operates as above set forth. In its modified form the device or jack consists of the shafts or rolls B, arranged in a vertical position, and having their ratchets b engaged by horizontally-disposed spring-pawls W. The rolls B bear in a top board, A, adapted to be removed from the frame A, and in a bracket, A depending from the board A. The upper ends of the roll-shafts have removable handles or cranks I) for their operation. The spring-pawls b are arranged to cause their inner ends to meet, and are capa- 2. In ajack, the combination, with the windlass-cylinders and their ropes or chains, of the pulley-blocks having a grapplinghook or toothed projection, and the dogs pivoted upon said blocks, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a jack, the combination, with the windlass-cylinders having ratchets, of the cranks 20 or handles having each aslot, f, and a tooth, f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto affixed our signa- 25 tures in presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL SHONDY, JR. DANIEL W. SHONDY.

Witnesses:

I. H. PULVER, W. A. PRATT. 

